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Locals to cap high school career in benefit soccer game Several local soccer standouts will put a bow on their high school careers when they part in the 25th annual SMAA-WMC all-star tournament to benefit Special Olympics Maine Tuesday at Westbrook High School. The women's game starts at...

Maine Basketball Hall of Fame golf tournament upcoming The second annual Maine Basketball Hall of Fame golf scramble will be held Monday, Aug. 10 at the Falmouth Country Club. Tee time is 8 a.m. The cost is $125 for an individual or $625 for a team. FMI, 504-6182.

Julia Sterling, who led North Yarmouth Academy's field hockey program to a pair of state titles in an eight-year tenure between 2003-10, is returning to the program to replace Tracy Quimby, who recently stepped down after four seasons. The Panthers reached the Western C semifinals in 2014.

Former Greely baseball coach (and current Rangers assistant coach) Bob Anthoine, joined by his family, was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame last weekend. Anthoine was a standout player at Deering High School and at the University of Maine. He coached Greely for 14 seasons and led the...

Boys' team: Mike Rutherford, Portland baseball You can indeed go home again. And Portland's baseball program is mighty glad that Mike Rutherford returned to Hadlock Field this spring. Rutherford inherited a promising, but raw Bulldogs squad this season and by June,...

Boys' team: Derek Soule, Greely baseball Greely's baseball program has long been among the state's finest, but prior to this spring, the Rangers had never repeated as state champions. The odds of it happening in 2015 weren't great after graduation ...

Three Maine senior women's basketball teams, featuring several players from Forecaster Country, medaled at the recent National Senior Games in Minneapolis. Maine Endo won the silver medal in the 50-54 age group in the Division 2 tournament. From left: Coach Deb Henry (South Po...

Local Babe Ruth baseball players from Cumberland, Freeport and North Yarmouth, playing for the Windham team, recently made it to the state tournament after winning an age 15 All-Star tournament in Sanford, capped by a 7-2, eight-inning victory in the final.